"A 22-year-old Saint Louis, Mo. woman was given
two life sentences on Tuesday after being found
guilty of allowing a 49-year-old man to rape her
5-month-old daughter in 2009.
According to St. Louis Today, Tessa L. Vanvlerah
was charged with first-degree statutory rape and
sodomy, as well as incest and child pornography.
Vanvlerah met California professor Kenneth M.
Kyle online, where she agreed to his sexual
fantasies. Her lawyers tried to get her off by
having a doctor testify that she suffered from a
dependent-personality disorder.
Dr. Brooke Kraushaar argued that Vanvlerah knew
what Kyle wanted was wrong, but participated
anyway out of fear of rejection. She also allowed
him to choke, burn and urinate on her.
Investigators found Kyle had visited Vanvlerah
four times in five months, each time initiating
the sex acts with the 5-month-old and her mother
at various hotels. They also found hundreds of
pornographic images on his computer" - Dailycaller